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Flooding kills hundreds in northwestern district of Pakistan

By Diaa Hadid

Published August 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM EDT

Authorities say flooding from heavy rains have killed at least 270 people in a northwestern district of Pakistan.

Diaa Hadid

Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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